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Old 05-28-2006, 01:24 PM
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The previous owner put white gauges/face plates on my car. I think I would prefer the black. Do the white one's just cover up the original black faces or would I have to buy black ones to take the place of the white ones?

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Old 05-28-2006, 01:58 PM
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you will need to remove the white face plates and replace with black face plates. Ask the original owner, he might have kept the original OEM Porsche face plates when he put on the white ones, in which case you can re-use them.

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I'll take the white ones! Want to swap?
Old 05-28-2006, 04:52 PM
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I may be interested in trading...Let me see if i can get the black one's from the previous owner first...
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I would be interested in swapping...
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Mark,

Where are you located? Maybe we can take them out at the same time and Fed Ex each other. Email me at john@image-impact.com
Old 05-28-2006, 07:25 PM
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Make sure you guys both have 6speeds or both have Tips, the gauges are slightly different for each....
Old 05-28-2006, 07:39 PM
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as well as same body year (99-01 or 02+).
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and each VIN number needs to end in the same two digits.
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Thanks yall!
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Originally Posted by riad
and each VIN number needs to end in the same two digits.
Thats not true but the cars had to be manufactured on the same day of the week.
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... and both cars need to have been completed in the same type of weather conditions, i.e. rain... sunshinne... snow. You can't mix & match!
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What if mine is a pre-production Chinese model? The PO swore it would go up in value.
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Originally Posted by Alan C.
What if mine is a pre-production Chinese model? The PO swore it would go up in value.
That will work but you have to

1-put the white face plates in a brown paper bag

2-swing it over your head 12 to 15 times while screaming like a chicken
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Would that be CW or CCW?



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